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I've looked everywhere and searched here. Is it possible to view more than 1 image at a time? I'd like to at least see 2 side by side, is that possible? 

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Yes, it is possible, but the method depends on which OS you use:

  • Windows: You can use the menu item Window > Float ... to float an image, or you can drag its tab off the document tab bar to make it float.
  • Mac: You can use Separated Mode, but I'd have to let a Mac user describe that approach.

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Thanks, I found Separated Mode, its under "Window" in the header. I'm on Mac btw.

Also I'm wondering if there's a way to set units to inches as the default. I'm having to change it for every image, which is not good.

 

Edited by DO54
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7 hours ago, DO54 said:

Also I'm wondering if there's a way to set units to inches as the default. I'm having to change it for every image, which is not good.

Sadly, there's no way to set a default unit. It's been requested for a few years now.

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As Ron has said, there's no way to set a default when you're opening an existing image file, and it will default to px. There are easy methods to change the units, though, which you may not have noticed:

  1. Photo defaults to the View Tool (the Hand icon), and on the Context Toolbar you can use the pulldown:
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  2. If you have the Rulers displayed you can right-click on the units indicator at the intersection of the rulers and change it there, with most tools:
    image.png.5b1b2861e2308b535a89c6db5a36b296.png

 

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
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